A Conversation on so-called genre fiction and difficult women characters

4 comments:

As good a writer as Megan is, she may be an even better interviewer. I've read several she's conducted and she has a way of cutting through to the good stuff in a limited amount of time.

One quibble, and it may be semantic. All three talk about unlikable characters, and how some people say they won't read a book with no one to like. Is it really that people have to like the character, or empathize with him or her? Using Tony Soprano as an example, by my third time through the series I had no delusion about liking Tony; he's a sociopathic bastard, and a whiner to boot. Still, I found myself feeling empathy for him at times. ("He's going to have to kill Richie for this." "Big Pussy has to go.")

I think empathy is much important to the reader-character relationship than likability.

I BRING SORROW BOOK LAUNCH

Please join me at the Huntington Woods Public Library on March 14th at 7 pm for the launch of I BRING SORROW. Aunt Agatha's Bookstore will be on hand with copies. Light refreshments will follow.

Coming February 2018

About Me

Patricia Abbott is the author of more than 125 stories that have appeared online, in print journals and in various anthologies. She is the author of two print novels CONCRETE ANGEL (2015) and SHOT IN DETROIT (2016)(Polis Books). CONCRETE ANGEL was nominated for an Anthony and Macavity Award in 2016. SHOT IN DETROIT was nominated for an Edgar Award and an Anthony Award in 2017. A collection of her stories I BRING SORROW AND OTHER STORIES OF TRANSGRESSION will appear in 2018.